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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Update: Quote of the Week

Update: The BBC reports Mr. Smutny has been removed from his post.

via Vector1

—- original post 1/17/11—-

“I think Galileo is a stupid idea that primarily serves French interests.”

The head of a German firm OHB Technology, Berry Smutny said that according to a leaked US diplomatic cable. The company is working on Europe’s Galileo GNSS. “The cable originated from the US embassy in Berlin in October 2009 and was obtained by WikiLeaks and released by Norwegian daily Aftenposten. Mr Smutny denied saying that.

- News.com Australia

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